Lord Haw-Haw

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William Joyce as a prisoner of war in 1945

Lord Haw-Haw was the nickname for the spokesman for the English-language radio propaganda program broadcast by Germany during World War II . Under the name Germany Calling , this was broadcast from Germany to listeners in Great Britain , Ireland and the USA . The name "Lord Haw-Haw" onomatopoeically reflects the affected English accent of the upper class used by the speakers.

At least three people acted as "Lord Haw-Haw":

  • Wolf Mittler , a German with a British upbringing who spoke the caricature of a British upper class accent.
  • Norman Baillie-Stewart was an Englishman and a former officer. He betrayed secrets to the Germans and was sentenced to five years in prison after the war.
  • William Joyce is most commonly associated with the name Lord Haw-Haw . He was born in the USA in 1906; his parents were from Ireland. Joyce broadcast from Hamburg throughout the war until the city was occupied by British troops. Submerged with forged papers, he was caught at the German-Danish border near Flensburg and brought to Great Britain. He was charged with high treason , hanged to death, and executed on January 3, 1946.

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